Yellow

#ced300

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for yellow, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Yellow, a vivid yellow at 61 degrees. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Yellow color values

Every conversion for #ced300, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ced300

RGB206, 211, 0

HSL61, 100%, 41%

HSV61, 100%, 83%

CMYK2%, 0%, 100%, 17%

Lab81.68, -20.81, 81.44

XYZ48.75, 59.71, 8.96

Decimal13554432

Web safe#cccc00

Pantone809 C

Shades of yellow

#bcc100 #abaf00 #999d00 #888b00 #767900 #646700 #535500 #414300 #2f3100 #1e1f00

Tints of yellow

#e9ef00 #f9ff0c #faff28 #fbff44 #fbff61 #fcff7d #fdff99 #fdffb5 #feffd1 #ffffed

Colors that go with yellow

Complementary#0500d3 Analogous#d36e00 Analogous#65d300 Triadic#00ced3 Triadic#d300ce Split complementary#0065d3 Split complementary#6e00d3

Yellow in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 2, 0, 100, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ced300 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 0 100 17

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 4 96 23

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Yellow in css

Copy #ced300 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ced300; }
.text { color: #ced300; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ced300; }

How yellow looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Yellow and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ced300 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ced300 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Yellow on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ced300 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around yellow? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn yellow into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ced300 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from yellow, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #ced300 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.